Movies To Watch Out For In 2012
Tehelka January 14, 2012 India, Jan. 14 — Compiled by Aradhna Wal Bollywood The Grand Revival AGNEEPATH DIRECTOR: Karan Malhotra CAST: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra PLOT: In this cult classic remake, young Vijay Chauhan grows up to be a don and takes on the crime lord who murdered his father. Hrithik Roshan will have to go through his very own path of fire to meet expectations.
In the Fast Lane SHANGHAI DIRECTOR: Dibakar Banerjee CAST: Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin PLOT: Shot in a record time of over 40 days, this one seems to be riding on the anti-corruption movement. A political thriller about the rise of the common man.
Dirty Money GANGS OF WASSEYPUR DIRECTOR: Anurag Kashyap CAST: Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui PLOT: Revolving around the coal mine mafia in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, Kashyap’s new film is based on Surajbhan Singh, the Bihar politician convicted for murder.
Be a Joyrider FERRARI KI SAWAARI DIRECTOR: Rajesh Mapuskar CAST: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani PLOT: We finally get Sharman Joshi in a lead role. The only hints we’ve got are that it’s a family comedy, has been shot on busy roads and is a joyride, pun fully intended.
The Sound of Silence BARFEE DIRECTOR: Anurag Basu CAST: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra PLOT: Romance, murder and mystery centring on a deaf man and a mentally challenged girl. Ranbir and Priyanka need to shed any vestiges of glamour to make us believe in them.
Kitsch Competition ROWDY RATHORE VS DABANGG 2 ROWDY RATHORE DIRECTOR: Prabhu Deva CAST: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha PLOT: He’s been a thief, he’s been a cop and he’s done double roles. Now he does them all together. Nineties’ nostalgia vis-a-vis Akshay Kumar.
DABANGG 2 DIRECTOR: Arbaaz Khan CAST: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha PLOT: All we know is that the action shifts from the hinterlands of UP to Mumbai. All the more room for bigger, badder adventures.
Top Secret Project TALAASH DIRECTOR: Reema Kagti CAST: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor PLOT: Aamir Khan the cop is back. This movie is topping everyone’s wishlist. Backing him are Zoya Akhtar and the Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani team that gave us Dil Chahta Hai and Rock On!! So far so good. site movies to watch
Oh God! Please be Done Already AGENT VINOD DIRECTOR: Sriram Raghavan CAST: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor PLOT: The long-awaited detective story has kept us in suspense for quite a while. Come summer, we get to watch the real-life couple romance each other in this spy thriller.
True Story Bro BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG DIRECTOR: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra CAST: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor PLOT: Milkha Singh made India’s presence felt at the Olympics. Farhan Akhtar plays ‘The Flying Sikh’ in this official biopic.
Because We Can’t Do Without Sallu EK THA TIGER DIRECTOR: Kabir Khan CAST: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif PLOT: The director gave us Kabul Express and New York, and the actor gave us Ready and Bodyguard. So how does anyone predict Ek Tha Tiger’s plot? It’s got international espionage, stolen technology, crossborder romance and action that spans the globe.
CROSSOVERS Adaptation Smackdown MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN VS LIFE OF PI VS THE GREAT GATSBY MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN DIRECTOR: Deepa Mehta CAST: Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran PLOT: Protagonist Saleem Sinai was born a telepath, at the exact moment of India’s Independence. Shot under wraps in Sri Lanka, this is the much-awaited adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s tale of a newly-liberated India.
LIFE OF PI DIRECTOR: Ang Lee CAST: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tobey Maguire PLOT: Yann Martel’s surreal story of survival finds itself in the hands of Ang Lee. We know the man can give us brea thtaking visuals, but how does one tell the story of a boy adrift on a boat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal Tiger?
THE GREAT GATSBY DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Amitabh Bachchan PLOT: The story of Jay Gatsby’s life is a modern literary classic. F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel on the ‘roaring twenties’ in America has been adapted time and again for the big screen. But we’ll still watch it. If only to see DiCaprio and Bachchan share a frame.
BANGLA Men and Machines LAPTOP DIRECTOR: Kaushik Ganguly CAST: Rahul Bose, Churni Ganguly PLOT: The protagonist is a lost laptop that gets passed on to different people. That is how the movie explores its characters, including a blind writer played by Kaushik Ganguly himself. Pretty experimental.
Identity Crisis CHITRANGADA: THE CROWNING WISH DIRECTOR: Rituparno Ghosh CAST: Rituparno Ghosh, Raima Sen PLOT: Ghosh returns to acting as a choreographer who wants to stage Tagore’s Chitrangada, a story of a princess whose father wanted her to become a prince instead as he didn’t have a son to succeed him.
Man of Mystery ABAR BYOMKESH DIRECTOR: Anjan Dutta CAST: Abir Chatterjee, Saswata Chattopadhyay PLOT: Byomkesh fans rejoice. The Bengali detective is back and, we hope, in fine form. Fans have already started marking the days on their new calendars. go to website movies to watch
TAMIL College Humour With a Moral NANBAN DIRECTOR: S Shankar CAST: Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth PLOT: This 3 Idiots remake looks enjoyable enough. It’ll be hard to replicate the success of its Hindi counterpart, but we’ve got our fingers crossed.
Rajinikanth in 3D KOCHADAIYAAN DIRECTOR: Soundarya Rajinikanth CAST: Rajinikanth, Sneha PLOT: Rajini romances two heroines in his 3D avatar. AR Rahman takes charge of the music. Need we say more?
The One With Kolaveri Di 3 DIRECTOR: Aishwarya Rajinikanth CAST: Dhanush, Shruti Hassan PLOT: To say the song is a hit would be an understatement. Let’s hope the same cards play for this romance.
Before He Was the Don BILLA 2 DIRECTOR: Chakri Toleti CAST: Ajith Kumar, Parvathy Omanakuttan PLOT: The prequel to the 2007 hit, Billa, this gangster thriller shows us how the ordinary David Billa became a dreaded don in the underworld.
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